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Two women race to save Persian Jewish music before it fades

JL;DR SUMMARY Galeet Dardashti and Jacqueline Rafii are on a mission to preserve Persian Jewish music, a heritage at risk of fading. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Galeet DardashtiYounes DardashtiCultural PreservationCantorial MusicIranian JewsOral TraditionsPersian Jewish MusicJacqueline RafiiMusical TranscriptionAshkenazi Persian Blend

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Tehran, Fars, Iran
"In the 1950s, Younes Dardashti, a Jewish man from Tehrans Jewish ghetto, became one of Irans most celebrated singers."
New York, United States
"Years after Younes Dardashtis death, his granddaughter Galeet is still singing with him in New York."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Across the country in Los Angeles, Jacqueline Rafii senior cantor of Valley Beth Shalom, one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the U.S."

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